Fort McCoy hosts Wisconsin State FFA officers for career-focused tour
The visit brought together Wisconsin State FFA officers and their advisors with Fort McCoy subject-matter experts from several installation organizations. The tour was designed to expose the students to career opportunities in environmental and engineering fields, medical operations, and public affairs.
The students, generally ages 18 to 20, are already attending college and were interested in learning more about potential employment opportunities and career fields available at Fort McCoy.
The tour included discussions with Fort McCoy personnel representing environmental and natural resource programs, engineering and public works, and medical operations. The environmental portion included personnel such as Fort McCoy Fisheries Biologist Steve Rood and Endangered Species Program personnel, with the Interpretive Center identified as a key stop where students could learn more about the installation’s natural resources and wildlife programs.
The engineering portion provided an opportunity for the students to learn about Fort McCoy’s infrastructure and engineering work, including a tour of the officer barracks project with representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The itinerary also included a medical portion involving personnel from the installation’s medical training and readiness organizations.
An important part of the visit was the opportunity for the FFA officers to hear from Fort McCoy employees who are FFA alumni. Those employees discussed how their early interest in agriculture and farming has continued to influence their careers.
That connection was especially meaningful for the visiting students, many of whom are pursuing agricultural education and related fields.
The visit also provided an opportunity for Fort McCoy personnel to explore ways to strengthen relationships with Wisconsin FFA.
“(The FFA officers and their advisors) welcomed the opportunity to hear Fort McCoy FFA alums share how that original interest in agriculture/farming continues to matter in their current career choices,” said Melissa Dubois, Fort McCoy Public Affairs specialist, in a follow-up message about the visit.
Fort McCoy officials also expressed interest in developing the visit into a broader partnership with the state and local FFA chapters.
“We are excited to see how we might develop/grow this into a partnership with the state and local chapters,” Dubois said.
The Sept. 23 visit demonstrates Fort McCoy’s efforts to connect with students and community organizations while highlighting the wide variety of professional careers that support the installation’s mission.
Fort McCoy’s motto beginning in 2026 is “Training the Total Force and Shaping the Future since 1909.” The installation’s mission: “Fort McCoy strengthens Total Force Readiness by serving as a training center, Mobilization Force Generation Installation, and Strategic Support Area enabling warfighter lethality to deploy, fight, and win our nation’s wars.”
And Fort McCoy’s vision is, “To be the premier training center supporting the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal armed forces.”
Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online athttps://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on X (formerly Twitter) by searching “usagmccoy.” Also try downloading the My Army Post app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
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